Re: [mb-users] ARs for references in works?

>> I think we should
>> try to differentiate between text directed at someone who just uses
>> the database to look up something and text directed to those who are
>> editing the database (or want to check the sources). If a music player
>> has a box where it shows "fun facts" about the work that is playing
>> right now that could include a note about how this references another
>> song, but you wouldn't want edit comments with sources in that box.
>
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> I only suggested this as a starting point, as a default value. I'd rather
> have a copy of the edit comment than nothing. But I agree that often the
> edit comment becomes valueless after a few years, sometimes even less, while
> the AR comment should remain valid much longer.

My point is not that that text becomes valueless with time, but that
it is the wrong type of text.
That "fact box" I mentioned should only show

  [  This song references "Girls, Girls, Girls" by Mötley Crüe.  ]

when you listen to "Boys, Boys, Boys" by Lady Gaga. The text in the
edit note might be "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_song".
That should not be in the fact box, and that is as true day 1 as after
a few years. An empty annotation is quite enough for this (and most)
ARs.